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Where to find Northern Rough-winged Swallow in May
within 25 miles of Santa Barbara County, CA, USA

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Northern Rough-winged Swallow in May. Because some locations may be undersampled, the results are sorted based on a confidence score which takes into account how many samples are available. The bar chart shows how the probability of observing this species varies over the year.

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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
2 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
3 Lopez Lake 23.9 18 43 41.9% 28.4%
4 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 38 111 34.2% 26.1%
5 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
6 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
7 Huasna Road 19.5 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
8 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 109 514 21.2% 17.9%
9 Barka Slough 5.3 20 76 26.3% 17.7%
10 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 16 79 20.3% 12.9%
11 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
12 Jalama Road 23.0 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
13 Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve 8.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
14 Bull Canyon Road 10.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
15 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
16 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
17 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 25 210 11.9% 8.2%
18 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 6 40 15.0% 7.1%
19 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
20 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
21 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
22 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
23 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
24 Tepusquet Rd--summit 17.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
25 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
26 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
27 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
28 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
29 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
30 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
31 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
32 Colson Canyon 16.4 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
33 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
34 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
35 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
36 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
37 Pismo Preserve 24.2 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
38 Oceano County Park 20.4 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
39 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
40 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
41 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
42 A St. ponds 5.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
43 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
44 Biddle County Park 23.3 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
45 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
46 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
47 Shell Beach 24.8 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
48 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 49 2.0% 0.4%